With its cash stream boosted by the entry of new capacities from its solar plants, the net income of listed firm Citicore Renewable Energy Corp (CREC) climbed 9.0% to P910 million in 2023 versus P834 million in the prior year. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and...
It may seem like a regressive step but harsh realities of tight supply predicaments tormenting the country has been prompting the Department of Energy (DOE) to greenlight coal-fired power plant projects that are not covered by the coal moratorium issued in 2020. Following last week’s State of the...
The government is planning to update nuclear agreements with at least five countries in accordance with the nuclear renaissance pathway, as fleshed out in the newly crafted 2024-2050 Philippine Nuclear Energy Program. The updating of multilateral and bilateral nuclear covenants, according to...
The US government is amenable to firming up an agreement on taking back ‘spent fuel’ that had already been irradiated once fissioned or burnt in reactor for nuclear technologies that American suppliers will be deploying to the Philippines. In a roundtable discussion with the Philippine media,...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has secured three contracts for a total of 500-megawatt capacity that will satiate its requirements for renewable energy (RE) supply portfolio as prescribed under the government-enforced Renewable Portfolio Standards. The tariffs cornered by the...
BY MYRNA VELASCO The ongoing geothermal exploration and development activities of the Sy-led Philippine Geothermal Production Company, Inc. (PGPC) will beef up the country’s baseload power capacity by up to 400 megawatts (MW), once the steam output would already be fed into offtaker-generating...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation had secured $150 million green term loan to bankroll the development of its pipelined renewable energy (RE) projects in the Asia Pacific region. The credit facility will have a five-year repayment period; and this was availed of via its subsidiary ACEN Renewables...
The commercial operations of the P7.0 billion Palayan binary geothermal power project of Energy Development Corporation (EDC) will partly quench the energy thirst of the Luzon grid, as this will add up 28.9 megawatts into the system. The facility serves as an expansion of its 140MW Bacon-Manito...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) takes a major stride on the reboot of the country’s aim for a deep well of expertise on nuclear power engineering and development, as it started sending its nuclear scholars and interns to preeminent partner-universities in the United States...
Filipino-led renewable energy (RE) firm NexGen Energy Corp. (XG) had secured regulatory approvals for its initial public offering (IPO), which will wind up at its July 16 listing at the local bourse. The company announced that it cornered both the go-signal of the Securities and Exchange Commission...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is batting for regulatory approval on full cost recovery of its P20.94 billion investment in the newly reinforced 500-kilovolt Hermosa-San Jose transmission line, which is now supporting the wheeling of additional capacities in...
It will be a tightrope walk for sponsors of new power projects, as three new major stumbling blocks are assessed as deterring factor to capital flow for much-needed electric capacity additions in the country. From the lens of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham), Energy...
